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Table 1 Summary of focus group discussion questions

From: Problems undermining the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV in Spain: a qualitative study to inform the development of a novel clinic screening tool

HIV service provider focus groups

People living with HIV focus groups

1. In your opinion, what health-related problems have the greatest negative effect on the quality of life of people with HIV?

2. Among the health-related problems that you have identified, which ones are most important to include in a short clinic screening tool?

3. Are you generally able to identify any of these problems in your patients/clients? If yes, how?

4. What interventions do you provide to respond to these problems?

1. What health-related problems have the greatest negative effect on your quality of life?

2. Of all the problems you have mentioned, what do you think are the most important, considering not only yourself but people with HIV in general?

3. Do you discuss these problems with your doctor or other healthcare provider? If you discuss these problems, how are they raised, and is your healthcare provider able to help? If you do not discuss these problems, why not?

4. What do you think your doctors or other healthcare providers could do to help you solve or more effectively manage the problems you mentioned?